Monitoring new leads, looking for buyingsignals, tracking activity and nurturing the buyer through the initial vendor selection and buyer decision process is often a long and unpredictable period of time and process.
The Federal Reserve's unprecedented stimulus efforts are likely to start winding down with the conclusion of its QE2 Treasury-buying program in June, and inflationary signals in the emerging world have countries like China poised to pump the brakes on runaway economic growth that has helped the global economy rebound from the recent crisis.